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The Overloaded Team Activity Book

Coloring Scenes and Worksheets for Managers Who See Burnout Coming

By Jon Orozco

Make the team’s workload visible, decide what to defer or redistribute, and review whether the changes help.

In development

This title is being developed. The sample below introduces the current manuscript; release details may change.

Try a sample situation

Who this is for

Managers whose teams are stretched thin, and the HR partners who support them.

Everything is a priority. Your team is stretched thin, and you need to decide what can come off the plate.

The current manuscript includes 20 practice situations, reflective coloring plates, and 16 practical tools.

Why this book exists

A team cannot solve every capacity problem by working harder. This activity book gives you practice in spotting load, examining commitments, and making explicit choices about the work.

What you’ll practice

  1. 01Read the Signals

    Overload shows in people before it shows in results. This part trains your eye for the early signs, the ones that appear while everything still ships.

  2. 02Measure the Load

    A feeling starts the conversation. A number finishes it. This part turns stretched into a percent, a cost, and a case you can show your boss.

  3. 03Take Load Off

    Once you can see the load, take some off. This part covers stopping work, trading instead of stacking, and building recovery into the calendar.

  4. 04Hold the Line

    Relief only counts if it lasts. This part covers your own pressure, the record you keep, who needs to know, and how to rebuild trust after a hard stretch.

Try a sample situation from the book

Still shipping

Your strongest analyst has hit every deadline for three months. This month her camera stays off, her updates shrank to one sentence, and she has not booked a day off. A peer shrugs and says she looks fine.

What do you check first?

  1. The delivery dates. She is on time, so she is fine.
  2. The behavior. Camera, updates, time off, and who she talks to.
  3. The score on the next engagement survey.
Make your call, then read the field note

Output is the last thing to fail, so it is a late signal. Behavior moves first. Watch what people do, not only what they ship.

Try this next: Pick one strong performer and write down three behaviors you have noticed this month.

Practice with fictional details. This excerpt offers general education, not legal, financial, or clinical advice. Use approved workplace processes and qualified support for real cases.

Tools you can return to

  • Your 45-day relief plan
  • Capacity audit
  • Team load check
  • Intervene, redistribute, or watch?
  • Saturation tracker
  • Load talk builder
  • Overload bingo
  • Twelve weeks of relief
  • Weekly capacity check
  • Decision log
  • Who needs to know?
  • Recovery plan
  • Shed-first list
  • Twelve checks against collapse
  • Pressure translator
  • The 30-day relief challenge

Put the practice to work

Choose one situation that resembles the work you face. Make your call, compare it with the worked example, and identify what you would change. Take one useful move into your next assignment, conversation, or team discussion.

Discuss a team learning session →

A book supports practice. For an active workplace issue, follow your organization’s process and seek appropriate professional guidance.

Keep exploring

Write It Down

Turn vague employee notes into factual records with context, the employee’s account, and a clear follow-up.

Solo HR

Move competing requests out of your head and into a visible case queue with priorities, owners, and next steps.

Promoted Over Your Peers

Move from coworker to supervisor with clear boundaries, consistent work decisions, and conversations you have practiced.